Trunk



(No Model.)

P. LOEWE.

TRUNK. No. 300,878. Patented June 17, 1884.

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Partnr PHIL-'IP LOEVE, OF CHICAGO, lLLlNQlS.

TRUNK.

SPECIPECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,378, dated June 17, 188%.

Application Eled April *2, 1884. (Xo model.)

To @ZL 'whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Pnimr Lonwn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks; and Vl hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

As it is desirable in trunks to render every port-ion of the interior available, it is common to forni receptacles in the lid. As commonly constructed, the lid opens backward to an angle a little beyond the perpendicular, rendering the receptacles therein somewhat difiicult ol' access from the front side of the trunk, and limiting them to certain forms a-nd purposes. ll'ith a view to overcoming this difficulty in a measure, the lids have heretoi'ore been divided longitudinally into two parts, each being hinged to a side of the trunk. This construction lightens the strain upon thc hinges, and thus permits the parts to be brought more nearly to a horizontal po-v sition when open than where the undivided lid is employed. lt docs not, however, meet all the requirements, since it is obvious that one oi' them has to be reached byleaning over both the trunk and the other one in cases where the trunk stands near the wall, as it usually does, and that they render the interior ol' the trunk itself somewhatdiliicult of access.

My invention consists in dividing the lid transversely into two parts, providing one wit-h a valance to overlap the other, and hinging cach part to an end of the trunk, whereby the parts may be turned out to a horizontal position, rendering them easy of access themselves and available for all pui poses without presenting any obstacle at th side of the trunk.

ln the drawings, Figure ll. is a perspective view ot' a trunk provided with my improvements; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the interior ot' the hinge, and Fig. 3 a perspective view in det-ail of a suitable fastening device.

A the body ot' the trunk, and B B the two halves of the lid formed by dividing the trunk transversely at its center. Each is hinged to au end of the body, and is provided with one or more suitable receptacles, G. lf desired,the meeting ends oi' the parts B and B may be beveled in contrary directions, although the construction shown in the drawings with a straight joint will answer the purpose.

D is the hinge which I prefer to use. As commonly constructed, hinges of this character are adapted to permit the lid to be turned up to an angle a little beyond the perpendicular, the curved arm t being irmly secured to one half of the hinge, and sliding within a guide formed in the other half, the part which slides in the guide being provided with astop to retain it therein. For my lid,how ever, it is desirable that the hinge be adapted to permit the halves 0i' the lid to be turned over nearly or quite to a horizontal position, and for this purpose Iiorm a guide, s, in each half of the hinge, and provide each end of the curved arm with a stop, r, to prevent it from slipping out ot' the guide, making it nearly or quite double the length of the arm employed in ordinary hinges, and correspond ingly enlarging the sweep. Instead of being secured to one-halt' ol the hinge and sliding within a guide in the other, it slides within corresponding guides in both. halves of the hinge, thus permitting thehinge to be opened to the extent requisite for my purpose. Each half of the lid is provided on its side edges with plates q, secured thereto, which, when the lid is closed, enter the top of the body A, forming stays to prevent lateral wrenching. The part B is provided at the end where it meets the part B with a valance, which overlaps the latter when the parts are closed.

A suitable securing device is shown in Fig. 8, and consists of a hasp-lock formed in two parts, E and E', one of which is pivoted to the top oi the part B, and the other to the top of the part B. Each part is provided with a socket, p, upon one side, and a pin or projection, o, upon the other, whereby, when the parts are brought together, they interlock. The part E is provided with a springhasp, n, and the part E with a staple, mi, to pass through the slot in the hasp and receive a padlock. Any other suitable form of construction may be employed as to the hinges IOO and fastening device, although those described thetrunk, and provided with means, substztnare Well adapted to the purpose. tially as described, for securing them when 1o i Vhat I 012mm as new, and desne to secure by l closed.

Letters Patent, is-

A t' f 3. 5 In combination with the body of it trunk, l IULM LOE 1" a lid formed in two parts by transverse di- In presence of,- vision,w1`th an overlapping portion on one THOMAS A. BANKING,

part, said parts being hinged to the ends of E. F. HUBBARD. 

